Spinning top



M 17 1927' w. A. VINSON SPINNING TOP Original Filed May 9 1921 Patented May 17, 1927.

pairs!) STATES WILLIAM A. VINSON, or

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SPINNING TOP.

Application filed May 9, 1921, Serial No.- 467,874. Renewed October 12 1926.

This invention relates to improvements in 4 spinning tops, and has for itsrobject to provide a simple and cheap toy ltor amusement.

The invention consists of the novel con struction and arrangement of the parts and combination of the parts hereinafter more fully set forth in the following specification and pointed out in detail 1n the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my inven-ltion. v

Figure 2 is a top plan yiew of Fig. 1. Figure 3 is an end View of the bracket and tube. a h a V Figure 4 is a plan View of the bracket before being bent. p

Figure 5 is a side elevation of a modification ofmy invention. 7

Referring to the accompany ng drawing forming part of this specification, 1 deslgnates the top which in the present instance is formed of two sections of metal secured together at 2 the upper section being provided with a number of upwardly PIO]8Cl3-" ing blades or vanes 3 stamped therefrom and arranged symmetrically around the stem of the top at a radial distance less than the radius of the body of the top to give a greater velocity to the periphery of said body than the velocity of the blades. Extending through the top'l is a stem 1 for the purpose of holding the top in position in lows the bracket. The said bracket is formed of the Vertical piece 5 and two arms 7 and 8 extending at right angles thereto. The upper arm 7 is provided with an aperture 6 andthe lower arm 8 is provided with a depression 9. Permanently secured to the piece 5 of the bracket is a hollow tube 10 in line with the blades'of the top.

The operation of the device is as 01 The stem 4: of the top is inserted up through the aperture 6 and the lower end of the said stem rests in the depression 9 in which. position the blades 3 are in line with the-tube 10. By blowingthrough the said tube 10 the air will strikethe" blades 3 and cause the top to revolve in the bracket 5; The speed of the revolution of the top depends upon the force of air blown through I In Fig. 5 I have shown modification in which the upper section 11 of the top hav-z ing blades 12 is secured to a wooden top 13. While,- I have shown and described my invention being formed of two hollow sections it is obvious that same can be made ofone P1666701 may be made sold as desired with the blades projecting theHPP isuF-I face. thereof. 1

Having thus describedmy invention what I claim is:

The combination of a bracket comprising a vertical piece havingtwo arms projecting at right angles thereto, one of which is provided with an aperture and the other with a depression near the free ends thereof, a

spinning top comprising a body having a I stem projecting vertically through the center thereof and having one end projecting through said aperture and the other end restingin said depression, and a-'nu1nber of blades'on the upper surface ofthesaid body and arranged symmetrically around the said 1 stem at a radial distanceless than the ra-. dius of said body to give a. greater velocity to the periphery of said body than the velocity of the said blades, said top'being adapted to be thrown from the bracket while revolving'a-nd a hollow tube permanently secured to the vertical piece 'of the said bracket and in line with the said blades. 7

In testimony WILLIAM A. VIN SON} 

